Blimpie International Inc.

Mark Gelish has over 30 years of experience in restaurant operations, all of which have been in the hospitality field. Serving in both culinary and management positions, Mark has a strong and established track record from managing a variety of company-owned and franchised restaurants from the ground level up. Mr. Gelish's background includes growing start-up brands such as Houlihan's Old Place, Millard Fillmore's, Au Bon Pain Bakery and Bertucci's Brick Oven Pizzeria. Mr. Gelish has extensive experience in franchise support, working with Doctor Associates (Subway) and Blimpie International, Inc. Mr. Gelish has a degree in Occupational Science from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York and is currently a student of Polynesian culture.

Mr. York, with almost 20-years of restaurant experience, also owns several very successful single unit restaurant concepts in Tennessee and California. From 1995 to October 2000, Mr. York was Chief Operating Officer of Restaurant Management Group (RMG) in Nashville, TN. When Mr. York took control of RMG it consisted of 8 restaurants under 4 different concepts. When Mr. York sold his interest in RMG in the fall of 2000 he had grown the company to 37 restaurants doing over $120 million in annual sales. Mr. York was also President of Santa Fe Cattle Co., a subsidiary of RMG and from 1996 to 2000 Mr. York developed and grew the Santa Fe concept into 15 units averaging over $2.6 million in annual sales each, with locations in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. Mr. York sold his 40% interest in Santa Fe Cattle Co. in 2000 at the same time he sold his interest in RMG. The group that Mr. York sold too eventually ran into financial trouble and closed all but 6 of the original Santa Fe locations. In 2003 Mr. York bought the remaining stores and the intellectual rights that went with the Santa Fe brand and began to re-grow the concept. Prior to this time Mr. York was a multi-unit franchisee of Western Sizzlin Steakhouse, Inc., a chain of over 600 restaurants, where Mr. York's stores consistently ranked in the top 5 in sales. Mr. York sold his Western Sizzlin franchised units in 1995 to purchase a share of RMG and move to Nashville to run and develop RMG. Mr. York was also involved in the conceptual development of the Logan's Roadhouse concept. The Logan's concept was developed in a renovated Western Sizzlin Steakhouse in Kentucky. Logan's Roadhouse went on to a public stock offering in 1995 and after numerous stock splits was bought by Cracker Barrel Restaurants in 1999 for over $180 million. Just recently Logan's Roadhouse was bought by a private equity firm for over $480,000,000. Logan's was the forerunner to Texas Roadhouse, Santa Fe Cattle Co. and Roadhouse Grill. Mr. York is currently a member of the Tennessee Restaurant Association and is a former member of the Board of Directors of Blimpie International, a chain of over 1,700 sub-sandwich stores. Mr. York is a former consultant to Maui Taco Inc., a subsidiary of Blimpies International. Mr. York through his company BirdDog, LLC is the largest shareholder of Shamrock Investments, LLC. Shamrock is the largest developer and master franchisor of the Roly Poly sandwich chain. Mr. York is 48-years old and is a native of Merritt Island, FL. He graduated from Rollins College with a degree in Finance and Economics. He has been married to his wife Ashlie for 20-years and they have an 18-year old daughter. They currently reside in Brentwood, TN. and Singer Island, FL.